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George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War (1914–1918) until his death in 1936.
George was a grandson of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and the first cousin of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. From 1877 to 1891, he served in the Royal Navy. On the death of Victoria in 1901, George's father became King Edward VII, and George was made Prince of Wales. On his father's death in 1910, he succeeded as King-Emperor of the British Empire. He was the only Emperor of India to be present at his own Delhi Durbar.
As a result of the First World War, other empires in Europe fell while his expanded to its greatest extent. In 1917, he became the first monarch of the House of Windsor, which he renamed from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as a result of anti-German public sentiment. His reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the political landscape. The Parliament Act 1911 established the supremacy of the elected House of Commons of the United Kingdom over the unelected House of Lords. In 1924 he appointed the first Labour ministry and in 1931 the Statute of Westminster recognised the dominions of the Empire as separate, independent kingdoms within the Commonwealth of Nations. He was plagued by illness throughout much of his later reign and at his death was succeeded by his eldest son, Edward VIII.
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India, and the first Head of the Commonwealth.
As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. He served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during World War I, and after the war took on the usual round of public engagements. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret.
George's elder brother ascended the throne as Edward VIII on the death of their father in 1936. However, later that year Edward revealed his desire to marry the divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin advised Edward that for political and religious reasons he could not marry Mrs Simpson and remain king. Edward abdicated in order to marry, and George ascended the throne as the third monarch of the House of Windsor.
Actors: Bill Paterson (actor), Nicholas Farrell (actor), François-Eric Gendron (actor), Bernhard Schütz (actor), Tim Pigott-Smith (actor), Ludger Pistor (actor), George Lenz (actor), Rainer Sellien (actor), Rainer Reiners (actor), Holger Kunkel (actor), Justin Hardy (director), Patrick Fitzsymons (actor), Mark Hayhurst (writer), Stephan Szasz (actor), Urs Remond (actor),
Genres: History,Actors: Deborah Ricketts (miscellaneous crew), Sean Oliver (miscellaneous crew), Harvey Weinstein (producer), Garry Marriott (miscellaneous crew), Garry Marriott (miscellaneous crew), Robin Demetriou (miscellaneous crew), Madonna (producer), James D'Arcy (actor), Charles Chaplin (actor), James Fox (actor), Geoffrey Palmer (actor), Madonna (director), Madonna (writer), Elizabeth West (miscellaneous crew), Joan Washington (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: In 1998, an auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor causes great excitement. For one woman, Wally Winthrop, it has much more meaning. Wally becomes obsessed by their historic love story. As she learns more about the sacrifices involved, Wally gains her own courage to find happiness.
Keywords: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1970s, 1990s, abbreviation-in-title, abdication, abused-wife, abused-womanActors: Claire Bloom (actress), Bob Weinstein (producer), Helena Bonham Carter (actress), Timothy Spall (actor), Geoffrey Rush (actor), Geoffrey Rush (producer), Guy Pearce (actor), Roger Hammond (actor), Adolf Hitler (actor), Colin Firth (actor), Anthony Andrews (actor), Michael Gambon (actor), Derek Jacobi (actor), Alexandre Desplat (composer), Harvey Weinstein (producer),
Plot: Tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stammer and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country through war.
Keywords: 1930s, abdication, apostrophe-in-title, archbishop-of-canterbury, australian, biplane, britain, british-royal-family, bromance, brother-brother-relationshipActors: Oliver Ford Davies (actor), Robert Hardy (actor), Jeremy Child (actor), David Ryall (actor), Rebecca Eaton (producer), Dave Evans (miscellaneous crew), Eileen Atkins (actress), Alan Bates (actor), Paul Brooke (actor), Corin Redgrave (actor), Geoffrey Beevers (actor), James Wilby (actor), Simon Day (actor), Peter Eyre (actor), Terence Harvey (actor),
Plot: The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI. Now he expects to be, as constitutional monarch, little more then a figure head, but again faith has more in store for him: Nazi Germany proves such a formidable war challenger to the British Empire that the nearly desperate nation looks to its royal couple as comforting symbol of the unbroken spirit, a part they play with great success, while hosting chased monarchs and governments from continental Europe. After victory, life returns to normal, but pulmonary disease soon ends George's, leaving the throne to his still young firstborn, queen Elisabeth II.
Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, abdication, archbishop-of-canterbury, attack-on-pearl-harbor, bagpipes, british-royal-family, british-royalty, character-name-in-title, cigarette-smokingActors: Frédéric North (miscellaneous crew), Adrian Johnston (composer), Mark Williams (actor), Danny Webb (actor), Ingar Helge Gimle (actor), Matt Wilkinson (actor), Kevin McNally (actor), Pip Torrens (actor), Bjørn Floberg (actor), Robert Hardy (actor), Kenneth Branagh (actor), Ron Donachie (actor), Corin Redgrave (actor), Michael Culkin (actor), Delia Fine (producer),
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History,Actors: Winston Churchill (actor), Queen Mary (actress), King George V (actor), David Lloyd George (actor), Colm Connolly (producer), Colm Connolly (editor), Colm Connolly (miscellaneous crew), Colm Connolly (writer), Eoghan Harris (actor), Colm Connolly (actor), Colm Connolly (miscellaneous crew), Ann Marie Horan (actress), Eamon de Valera (actor), Michael Collins (actor), Tadhg de Brun (composer),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Tim Robertson (actor), Jim Hajicosta (miscellaneous crew), Bruce Smeaton (composer), Mark Mitchell (actor), Terry Lee (miscellaneous crew), Glenn Robbins (actor), Randall Berger (actor), Serena Gattuso (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Truman (actor), Steven Grives (actor), Alex Menglet (actor), Tiriel Mora (actor), John Murphy (actor), Tony Paterson (editor), Ross Dimsey (producer),
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History,Actors: Clive Dunn (actor), Hugh M. Hefner (producer), Katia Tchenko (actress), Peter Sellers (actor), Peter Sellers (actor), Helen Mirren (actress), Simon Williams (actor), Sid Caesar (actor), Steve Franken (actor), Burt Kwouk (actor), John Le Mesurier (actor), Clément Harari (actor), David Tomlinson (actor), Peter Sellers (director), Richard Quine (director),
Plot: Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in Washington. The FBI sends agents Capone and Williams to England to confer with Nayland Smith, an expert on Fu. Nayland suspects Fu will kidnap the king and queen and demand the George V diamond as ransom. Scotland Yard recruits Alice Rage to stand-in for the queen. Fu nabs the "fake" queen; Rage becomes enamored of Fu and aids him in his quest for the George V diamond.
Keywords: actor-playing-multiple-roles, based-on-novel, caucasian-actor-playing-asian-character, character-name-in-title, china, chinese, cottage, detective, england, fbiActors: Elsa Lanchester (actress), Evelyn Waugh (actor), Evelyn Waugh (actor), Evelyn Waugh (writer), Terence Greenidge (actor), Terence Greenidge (director), John Sutro (actor), Alec Waugh (actor), John Greenidge (actor), Sibbald Malcolm (actor), Archibald Gordon (actor), Guy Hemingway (actor), Arden Hilliard (actor), William Lygon (actor), Derek Erskine (actor),
Plot: The Pope and Cardinal Montefiasco plot to bring England back within the fold of the Catholic Church. Montefiasco decides to do this by first converting the Prince of Wales, then arranging the murder of leading Protestants on St Bartholomew's day. The Prince falls under the influence of the homosexual Dean of Balliol, an ally of the Cardinal, but may yet be saved by his love for cabaret girl Beatrice...
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Maxwell Karger (producer), Maxwell Karger (writer), Margaret McWade (actress), Creighton Hale (actor), Helen Ferguson (actress), Frederick Truesdell (actor), Joseph Kilgour (actor), Henry Kolker (actor), Leo Delaney (actor), Edward Connelly (actor), Frank Currier (actor), Andy Clark (actor), Karl Dane (actor), June Mathis (writer), Albert S. Le Vino (writer),
Genres: Drama, War,my friend george, he went way
left me here alone to stay
from dusk till dawn I sit and wait
focused on the things I hate
everyday is like today
a bleeding nose and a tongue of clay
my heart's white, I'm crucified
moveless till the day I die
will it ever stop to hurt
will I ever wash away my pain
I've got myself a universe
of bitter tears I do deserve
a pair of arms that hold me tight
and lead me to that stage of light
promises and overview
some hope for me and you
it's bout time to understand
my friends gone he wont come back
will it ever stop to hurt